We’ve all been invited by this company to speak across a range of topics. I’m at a dinner (we’re still in Berlin) for a Nordic financial services company and I’m seated between a retired US army general and a Berlin-based political adviser. It likely needs a few more months to get into its groove but the German capital might finally get the bijou address that it’s been missing. While the hotel is in a soft-opening phase (not all rooms or facilities are fully open) first impressions are promising with solid materials and finishes, excellent lighting, good water pressure and perky staff. It’s been a long time coming but Berlin’s Château Royal has finally thrown open its doors – though not all of them. Smart businesses should take a good look around and see who their audience is, what the market looks like and adjust their message to reality rather than distorting the picture. We have arrived at a place where all sense of proportion has been lost when it comes to who needs the most attention in our society and where efforts need to be focused.
Nevertheless CEOs, board members and ministers talk up digital societies, equality and not leaving anyone behind. It’s curious and upsetting, isn’t it?Ĭompanies and governments continue to push digitisation across the spectrum but data shows that many elderly people don’t have smartphones, let alone the motor skills to use them. Really?! As they went about berating (correction: humiliating) a woman who was well north of 80 I was tempted to intervene and ask whether their tone needed adjusting and they might show a bit of respect for someone who was clearly not a regular traveller and was a fine example of someone who is being left behind by a society that chooses not to be inclusive of anyone over 70. The security queues were somewhat under control, save for some butch ladies in green braids, tattoos and uniforms who were taking considerable pleasure in forcing female passengers to edit their make-up kits and enter into debates about whether pressed powder was a liquid rather than a solid. It was a very early start at Stockholm Arlanda Airport on Monday morning. Here are a few snippets, scenes and things overheard along the way. First stop Berlin, then Hamburg and back to Zürich – and by the time you’re finishing your croissant and coffee I should be in Marseille.
#Happy bones coffee spoons plus#
Plus a nice bonus, it’s still tasty coffee.My tour of Europe continued this week. You might even leave with an interesting new idea. Happy Bones provides a setting where one can retract for a moment and emerge with more solid footing than when they entered. The caffeinated beverage serves as a vehicle, physical stimulation certainly, but also something over which you can ponder your thoughts, find respite from the outside world, or engage in conversation. Instead, it is a coffee house in the more traditional sense. There isn’t the distraction of entertainment over the air, food, or a high concept. Local art adorns the walls, much of it created by one of the co-owners, creating a personal but relaxed environment. Stylish and contemporary, but not overwrought. What then is the attraction of Happy Bones? It is the space itself. Not spectacular however, plus no seltzer or demitasse spoon.
#Happy bones coffee spoons full#
Lots of interesting aromas, nice full texture, savory.
Even the coffee, good without doubt, isn’t necessarily the main focus while the baristas are talented and the equipment top notch, the beans are sourced from the fairly common (by third wave standards) Counter Culture and there is little variety in the offerings. It’s not a place to take your lap top and bundle up in, even if it had WiFi (which I doubt). You won’t find your ubiquitous avocado toasts and poached eggs here (undoubtedly delicious as they are). The reason is because it’s primary function is to serve as a space.
But it provides something welcome and rare. Perhaps not my style 100%, or the best drinks. It makes me glad places like Happy Bones exist.
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